>This was a necessary stepping stone to get Lapid into office in a maximum of two years. It's very debatable whether the coalition would even survive that long

>This was a necessary stepping stone to get Lapid into office in a maximum of two years. It's very debatable whether the coalition would even survive that long. >If the government doesn't stick together long enough, Lapid gets into office sooner Technically yes, but looking at the distribution of parliament, Lapid won't have the votes to pass much, and would have significant difficulty keeping the seat. Nethanyahu or anyone who'd replace him in Likud would have a decent chance of forming a government without an election.